Delight Your Family with Recipes That Have Stood the Test of Time
Bring to your family's table the same hearty meals that fed the pioneers as they moved westward across the frontier. In The Pioneer Cookbook Miriam Barton presents over 200 recipes used by those American settlers, now adapted to the everyday ingredients and methods used in today's kitchen. Discover the delightful flavors of traditional buckwheat pancakes, chicken fried steak, Texas chili, poblano enchiladas, pan-fried trout, Shepherd's pie, peach cobbler, bread pudding, scones, and so much more.
Barton presents each recipe with a brief history of its origin, the ingredients, and clear instructions. She also describes how the pioneers cooked, and includes chapters on food preservation and self-care, with recipes for such items as soap, toothpaste, shampoo, and cough syrup.
Treat yourself and your family to the tasteful and simple elegance of meals from The Pioneer Cookbook!
This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648374409).
